Crochet hook



. Patented Apr. 14, 1942 CROCHET HOOK Elmer Graybill Neuschwanger and Henrietta C. Neuschwanger, Whiting, Kans.

Application. October 18, 1940, Serial No. 361,770 2 Claims. (Cl. 66-118) Our invention relates to a crochet hook that is provided with the usual hook at one end, but instead of having the opposite end blunt as in the ordinary crochet hook, we have the shaft bent half round extending it back towards the hook end.

The length of the shaft after the bend is approximately four-fifths of the length of the shaft before the bend. This bend is so made that the long and short parts of the shaft are parallel to each other, approximately three-sixteenths of an inch apart, and that that short part of the shaft,

' lying in the plane which passes through the long part of the shaft and the point of the hook.

The end of the short part of the shaft, opposite the bent end, is circular, the size of this circular end is approximately one half inch in diameter. The object of the bendin the shaft of the needle is to provide a means for retaining material in position, which it holds in the operation of the needle.

The object of the circular end opposite the bent end in the short part of the shaft is to prevent the needle from turning over or slipping while in use.

A still further object of our invention is to furnish a device which is simple in construction, eflicient for the use for which it is intended, and which is easy to operate.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The illustrations may be enlarged for convenience of showing details.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the crochet hook.

Fig. 2 is a view taken at right angles to that of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an opposite view to that of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view of the needle showing a strip of material threaded on the needle.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, l denotes the long part of the shaft. 2 denotes the short part of the shaft. 3 denotes the bend in the shaft. 4 denotes the circular end, opposite the bent end in the short part of the shaft. 5 denotes thehook whose function is a means for crocheting and the like. 6 denotes the extremity of the shaft, adjacent the hook, which is pointed and functioning as a needle in the process of Crocheting. 1 denotes a strip of material threaded on the needle which is Worked on the needle in a similar manner as a sewing needle is used when making a running stitch.

In the operation of the needle, first a simple chain is crocheted ofcarpet warp or the like, then the folds of the material are successively crocheted off over the hook, around the chain and in like manner the operation is continued until the rug is as large as desired.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a crochet hook, a shaft having the usual hook at one end, and having the opposite end bent half round extending the shaft back approximately four-fifths of the length of the shaft before the bend and making the long and short parts of the shaft parallel to each other, and approximately three-sixteenths of an inch apart and having the short part of the shaft lie in the plane which passes through the long part of the shaft and the point of the hook and having a circular end opposite the bent end in the short part of the shaft, this circular end being approximately one-half inch in diameter.

2. In a crochet hook, a shaft having the usual hook at one end, and having the opposite end bent half round extending the shaft back approximately four-flfths of the length of the shaft before the bend and making the long and short parts of the shaft parallel to each other, and approximately three-sixteenths of an inch apart and having the short part of the shaft lie in the plane which passes through the long part of the shaft and the point of the hook and having a circular end opposite the bent end in the short part of the shaft, this circular end beingapproximately one-half inch in diameter and having the circular end opposite the bent end in the short part of the shaft so positioned that the plane which contains the circle is perpendicular to the plane passing through the long part of the shaft and the point of the hook.

ELMER GRAYBILL NEUSCHWANGER. HENRIETTA C. NEUSCHWANGER. 

